Read the passage and choose the best option A,B,C or D to complete the passage:
It is said that what one (1)..............considers beautiful may not be beautiful to another. (2)............ beauty is something that (3).............not only to the eyes, but also the other senses. I think true beauty makes you see beyond the lovely sight. It will give you insight or realization of something (4)..............beyond the appearance.
When we talk about beauty in people, we often refer to their (5)............attractiveness. Of course, a beautiful or handsome face is pleasant to (6)............... But I find that the most memorable "beautiful people" are those who have good personalities behind their pretty faces.
(7)............... kind of beauty in people that attracts us greatly is that known as the inside beauty. People with this kind of beauty have attained inner peace. They usually care about thier fellow _ man, and try to right the justice in this world. As you know, Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana and Mother Teresa are well- known for these personalities.
In fact, around us, we know many people who are always ready to lend (8)..............to people in trouble. Many people in our city provide (9).......... or floods in Mekong Delta, the disabled or the poor...with clothes, money and food. Many young go to rural, mountainous or island areas to help people there. We greatly admire the beauty of these people because they make the world better. This inner beauty gives a certain radiance to their looks.
In short, everyone has (10)............idea of beauty, and we need to have things, people and places of beauty in our everyday life. Do you think so?
(1) A. individual B. persons C. people D. member
(2) A.With me B. For me C. To me D. Of me
(3) A. pleasant B. pleases C. pleased D. pleasing
(4) A. interesting B. interested C. interest D. interestedly
(5) A. physic B. physics C. physist D. physical
(6) A. look for B. look after C. look at D. look in
(7) A. Another B. Other C. Others D. Anothers
(8) A. hands B. a hand C. the hand D. the hands
(9) A. peoples B. individuals C. members D. victims
(10) A. his own B. our own C. their own D. her own
Choose the underlined part that needs correcting in each sentences below.
31. Books can be used (A) as a tool opening (B)up (C) new worlds for (D) children.
32. Spend (A) time with family can always be (B) the most precious(C)experience (D) to anyone.
33. According to a research, sending(A) text messages or using (B) Facebook while doing (C) homework reduce (D) students’ overall GPA.
34. It is important for (A) parents to teach (B) their children how using (C) soci. Media wisely (D).
35. Each (A) person have (B) different ways (C)to relax (D) in their free time.
VIII. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Write your answer in the numbered space given. (10pts)
Be happy – Live longer
Do happy people live longer? New evidence supports the idea that if you think positively, you are (1) _____ likely to live to a good age than a pessimist coming from a similar social background. (2) _____ is still not clear how happiness actually causes longevity. One possible explanation is that people probably (3) _____ better care of themselves if they see life as a positive experience, and of course, (4) _____ people feel healthy, they are more likely to be happy. Scientists tracked a group of people who had been interviewed in 1975 about their attitudes to ageing. They found that if people viewed getting older as a positive experience, they lived, (5) _____ average, seven and a half years longer than those who were more pessimistic. Ways of (6) _____ risk factors are well known: if you smoke or don’t exercise, you cut your life (7) _____ by one to three years, and doctors can advise their patients to change their lifestyles accordingly. But what, if (8) _____, can unhappy people do about improving their attitude? Personality may not be something (9) _____ we can change even if we want to, and scientists have (10) ______ to answer the question of how we can make ourselves happy.
1. A. much B. better C. more D. well
2. A. It B. There C. What D. Which
3. A. get B. bring C. spend D. take
4. A. when B. unless C. even D. although
5. A. in B. on C. at D. about
6. A. increasing B. lessening C. reducing D. accelerating
7. A. expectancy B. expectation C. expecting D. unexpected
8. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
9. A. what B. that C. while D. whereas
10. A. even B. likely C. yet D. therefore
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits blank (17).
In the United States and Canada, it is very important to (17) ______a person directly in the eyes when you are having a conversation with him or her. If you lookdown or to the side when the (18) ______ person is talking, that person will think that you are not interested in what he or she is saying. This, of course, is not polite. If you look down or to the side when you are talking, it might (19) ______ that you are not honest. However, people who are speakingwill sometimes look away for (20) ______ seconds when they are thinking or trying to find the right word. But they always turn immediately back to look the listener directly in the eyes. These social "rules" are (21) ______ for two men, two women, a man and a woman, or an adult and a child.
A:look B:get C:talk D:notice
